‘It is past time to leave Ukraine’: Western diplomats flee Kyiv

Embassies of Britain, US and Canada have sent staff home or to the western city of Lviv

Dozens of Western diplomats in Kyiv were packing their bags and preparing to leave the city on Sunday evening, as many countries issued a clear warning to all citizens still inside Ukraine: get out now.

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